| He had been prepared to lash rudeness or sullenness, to accept, de haut en bas, shamed contrition. |
| For almost four decades, seamstresses in this sprawling sweatshop churned out what was once the height of haut couture. |
| But that kind of approach strikes us as disagreeably de haut en bas now, and paternalism isn't really a vote-winner any more. |
| Everybody thinks they know more about the internet than everybody else so I anticipate a tirade of abuse and de haut en bas dismissals. |
| As a designer of haut couture glass I have clothed this work of art in an evening gown. |
| The constitution is the epitome of Europe de haut en bas, of decisions imposed by elites. |
